What is recorded here

Break the edge of a grinding stone and mark it with an angle, perhaps a cross, then bury it beside the men who ground rice or wheat for the monastery. The quern lives on as a grave marker, its kitchen purpose transformed into a boundary between the body and the afterlife.

Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00552 Dimensions: H 0.185, W 0.19, T 0.05 Part of a quern stone with what may be an angled cross carved on it. No inscription. Evidence of discovery: Davis 1984. Condition: Fragment.. The Clonmacnoise inventory was compiled by the Office of Public Works. A copy of the record for this slab is available for inspection in the relevant Archaeological Survey of Ireland (SMR) file. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.